Healthcare Data Quality Analyst - HDQA

Job Description

JOB TITLE:  Healthcare Data Quality Analyst

JOB OVERVIEW

Location: New York, NY 10041
Employment type: Temp-to-perm [NO BENEFITS DURING CONTRACT]
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Pay Rate: $55 per hour

JOB SUMMARY:  This role is for an experienced Healthcare Data Quality Analyst to join the Data, Analytics and Product Development team. The role focuses on maintaining data accuracy, improving data quality processes, analyzing large datasets and supporting programmatic and operational initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Position Control and Staffing

• Maintain and validate position control records to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Coordinate employee backfill requests and manage approval processes.
• Perform staffing and funding reconciliation.

Data Quality and Validation

• Validate data for completeness and accuracy based on established guidelines.
• Identify, investigate and resolve data quality issues in collaboration with internal teams.
• Clean and organize large datasets in a timely and accurate manner.
• Audit and report quality control findings related to data analysis and visualizations.

Data Management Processes

• Establish and maintain standardized data-handling and classification processes.
• Work with data providers to improve data management workflows.
• Support data management, analytics and operational reporting initiatives.

SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Workforce Action System
• PeopleSoft
• Microsoft Excel
• SQL
• R
• Python
• Other data analytics tools

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong experience in data quality, data validation and data management.
• Knowledge of position control, staffing operations, backfill coordination and funding reconciliation.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and identify data discrepancies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and quality control skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and communicate technical information to non-technical teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Candidates must meet one of the following:

• Option 1: Master’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration or an equivalent program, plus 4 years of relevant experience, of which at least 2 years must be in a supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity.
• Option 2: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, plus 5 years of relevant experience, of which at least 3 years must be in a supervisory, administrative or consultative capacity.
• Option 3: A satisfactory equivalent combination of education, training and experience.